THIRD ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS SUMMIT AT SFSU, 2006

"Roots of Our Future: The Human Rights of Children"

Date:
May 2-5, 2006, 10 am to 6 pm.

Locations:
Jack Adams Hall, Cesar Chavez Student Center, SFSU campus (TU, WED, FRI May 2,3, and 5);
101 Archaeological Research Facility (ARF), UC Berkeley campus (TH May 4).

Organization:
Anthropology and Human Rights Students of 2006, SFSU; Students for Critical Anthropology (SCA), SFSU; The Anthropology Undergraduate Association, UC Berkeley; and the Kroeber Anthropology Society, UC Berkeley.
Contact: Dr. Mariana Ferreira, main organizer; marianaf@sfsu.edu

Sponsorship:
The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences and The College of Humanities, SFSU; The Global Peace, Human Rights, and Justice Studies Program, SFSU; The SFSU Public Research Institute; and The Medical Anthropology and Public Anthropology Forums, UC Berkeley.

PROGRAM OF EVENTS

TUES May 2 - Jack Adams Hall, SFSU
11:00 Opening Address: Mariana Ferreira
11:15 Workshop: Gay Student Rights
11:30 Reading: Country Girls, Nora Caspers
12:00 Introduction: Dean Joel Kassiola, SFSU
12:15 Keynote: Laura Nader, UC Berkeley
12:30 Reception
1:00 Panel 1: Education and Social Activism
Discussants: Gil Herdt, SFSU; John Elia, SFSU
3:00 Performance: Wesley Ueunten, Okinawan Music
3:30 Panel 2: Modernity and Globalization
Discussants: Sheila Tully, SFSU; Zachary Norris; Books Not Bars
5:30 Community Outreach Workshop: “Stop Violence Against Children”

WED May 3 - Jack Adams Hall, SFSU
11:00 Panel 3: Current Issues in Youth Education
Discussants: Sheila Tully, SFSU; Phoebe McKinney, activist
12:00 Keynote: Philippe Bourgois, UCSF: "Revolutionary and Intimate
Violence Among Youth: Ethnographic Perspectives, 1979 to 2006."
12:30 Reception
1:00 Panel 4: Violence Against Youth
Discussants: P. Bourgois, UCSF; Lysa Frydman, Legal Services for Children
3:00 Performance: Youth Speaks
3:30 Keynote: Loren Buddress, Chief Parole Officer, San Mateo County
4:00 Reading: Firewater, Mariana Ferreira
5:00 Panel 5: The Rights of Women and Children
Discussants: Sherry Keith, SFSU; Karen Lovaas, SFSU

TH May 4 - 8:30am - 5pm
8:30 am - 2:00 pm Human Rights Outreach in the City: Convention on the Rights of the Child, “passport” distribution by SFSU students to children in SF public schools
[Afternoon events will take place at 101 Archaeological Research Facility, UC Berkeley campus]
3:00 Keynote: Nancy Scheper-Hughes, UC Berkeley
3:30 Panel 6: "There's No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster” - Perspectives From the Anthropology of Human Rights
Discussants: Laura Nader, UC Berkeley; Mariana Ferreira, SFSU
5:00 Performance: Navarrette x Kajiyama Dancetheater
6:00 Performance: Youth Speaks

FRI May 5 - Jack Adams Hall, SFSU
12:00 Performance: Malcolm X Academy Polynesian Dance Group
12:30 Performance/Workshop: Breaking Success Project
1:00 Panel 7: Health Disparities: Youth at Risk
Discussants: Lucia Volk, SFSU; Deborah Tolman, SFSU
3:00 Performance/Workshop: Youth Speaks [Registration required]
4:00 Reception/Closing Ceremony
4:30 Performance: Dandelion Dancetheater
5:00 Performance: Grrrl Brigade